Tokyo Metropolitan University
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Tokyo Metropolitan University (東京都立大学; Tokyo toritsu daigaku) is one of Tokyo's Metropolitan prefecture managing universities. Often it is referred to as TMU.
Tokyo Metropolitan University doesn't have a very long history, but does have a reputation for high level academic studies. Till 1991 it had two campuses near the city center, Yakumo campus, Meguro and Fukazawa campus, Setagaya. On April 1 1991 it has moved to Hachioji city, Tokyo. Her current campus is named Minamiosawa campus.
Shintaro Ishihara, a politician and novelist was voted the governor of Tokyo and has promised to renovate metropolitan academic institutes including Tokyo Metropolitan University. According to Ishihara's plan, all institutes will be integrated into one university. Since this is his own plan and does not reflect any voices of students or staff, there are harsh arguments against his improvements. Early 2004 some professors of the faculty of Law in Tokyo Metropolitan University retired in protest of the Ishihara plan. Disagreement is strong among the faculty of Humanities, since Ishihara plans to abandon all seminars of literature from the faculty and create a new faculty in Tsukisima where it takes one hour or more from Minamiosawa campus. That separation will involve an inconvenience especially in humanity studies and therefore has gained no sympathy on campus. It is reported an associate professor of the faculty of Humanities reported situation on his blog.
If Ishihara realises his plan, Tokyo Metropolitan University will go away and in 2006 a new university Shuto Daigaku Tokyo (http://www.kubidai.com)(首都大学東京) will be settled.
External links
- 首都大学東京 Tokyo Metropolitan University (in Japanese) (http://www.tmu.ac.jp/)
- Tokyo Metropolitan University (http://www.metro-u.ac.jp/index-e.html)
- Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Technology (http://www.tmit.ac.jp/)
- Office of University Management (in Japanese) (http://www.daigaku.metro.tokyo.jp/)
- Tokyo Metropolitan University of Health Sciences (in Japanese) (http://www.metro-hs.ac.jp/)
- Tokyo Metropolitan College (in Japanese) (http://www.tmca.ac.jp/)
- 都立の大学を考える都民の会 (http://www.geocities.co.jp/CollegeLife-Lounge/3113/)